Congratulations to David Lowe who successfully defended hid PhD thesis "Natural Rubber / Organoclay Nanocomposites". David's project was supervised by Dr James Busfield at QM and Andy Chapman at TARRC his sponsors. After the viva the examiners commented that the thesis was a great pleasure to read and that the candidate had performed exceptionally during the viva. David will continue to work at this sponsors TARRC in the area of particulate filled elastomer systems now that he has completed his PhD.